Virtualization offers companies of all sizes great opportunities but it does not come without several challenges, two of those being massive outages and lost data. Fortunately these challenges can all be managed and are no real cause for concern. It's just a matter of finding an effective backup and recovery solution that will ideally meet the following qualifications:

SimplicityChoosing a solution that allows you to use the same backup system and policies for all virtual and physical systems can simplify the management of data, increase data security, and decrease risk. You can also avoid risks associated with a tangled web of point solutions with the use of an integrated solution.

Speed The advent of newer, faster technology provides the means to achieve data recovery at much faster speeds and with more frequency than traditional methods have been able to, in many cases up to 100 times quicker than was once possible. This is a huge bonus for companies as large numbers of virtual machines on one server can all be backed up frequently, thereby ensuring reliable and up-to-date backup is accessible whenever desired.

Recovery on Any Platform The need to be able to quickly recover data from any system at any time is becoming more and more important, as well as having the data accessible whenever and wherever required. So regardless of a system failure, data can be quickly and accurately restored on the platform of your choice. This could be anywhere from a failover to a replicated virtual machine, or directly from a backup to a running virtual machine. This also applies to everything from physical servers to Hyper-V, VMware, RHEV, KVM, etc.

Ease of MigrationIt is common for some data loss to occur during migrations so to avoid this, it is crucial that you choose a solution that is capable of performing any-to-any migration. This will provide the benefit of maximized capacity and efficiency, while avoiding data loss.

FlexibilityWhen choosing a backup and recovery solution for your particular needs, a single vendor may not be the right answer. Instead you may need to consider whether cross-hypervisor migration of data and disaster recovery and backup carried out across disparate systems is more preferable. The important thing is to choose a solution that provides you with choices; using a single vendor or a number of vendors are both effective.

Upgradeable The backup solution should consist of technology that is capable of incorporating any further improvements and innovations to virtualization in the future.

Desktop virtualization is the decoupling of a users physical machine from the desktop and software he or she uses to work. Most desktop virtualization products emulate the PC hardware environment of the client and run a virtual machine alongside the existing operating system located on the local machine or delivered to a thin client from a data center server. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is a server-centric computing model that borrows from the traditional thin-client model but is designed to give system administrators and end-users the best of both worlds: the ability to host and centrally manage desktop virtual machines in the data center while giving end users a full PC desktop experience.

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